he tells readers he s going to strive to protect the journalistic tradition. gm is knocking $5,000 off the chevy volt. they have been forced to cut prices to move them off the floor. as stable gas prices have tamped down sales. and christy s has been hired to appraise the art collection in detroit. they will explore various options such as leezing works to other museums to avoid an outright sale. they need the money for sure. straight ahead, a look at the top stories. ou can give youf a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could ve had a v8. in the juice aisle. honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out.
than a quarter of the $102 million in sales that is rung up by christy s. southby s the day before had about $78 million. who bought it? prestigious jeweler harry winston. of course. before the quiet earlier this year by squawk group. so harry winston, the jeweler, is the lucky owner of this diamond. i don t know what the number is, but the average engagement ring is probably less than a karat. this was 101.73 carats. thank you. speaking of millions, sports illustrated is out with its list of the highest earnings athletes. there s some surprises. tiger woods just makes it into the top five. 40.8 million. kobe bryant fourth, drew brees wasn t on the list last year, but he jumped to number three with almost $48 million. lebron james second, 56.5 million. i thought he would be number one. but number one, boxer floyd
a decision to charge admission at new york s 9/11 memorial. not everybody is too happy. the museum board said the museum is going to charge somewhere between $20 to $25 when the site opens next year. families of 9/11 victims say the museum should be free. one of the best free museums in new york, at least until tuesday. when the arts of work go up for auction in christy s. they include picasso and other works of art. some celebrities could be at the auction, maybe even leonardo dicaprio as well as some of new york s billionaires. so, if you like the art, you might like the people watching there. a florida teenager is recovering after a shark took a
gunman, and new emergency alert system put to the test. we have a deal. leaders of the eu crisis say they have a plan to save a continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isn t britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. carol s favorite day of the week. except for saturday and sunday. ali off, i m carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this american morning. new information on yesterday s deadly virginia tech shooting. ballistic tests are back and police confirming that both people were killed by the same gun in an apparent murder/suicide. police say a gunman shot and killed an officer at a traffic stop and apparently turned the gun on himself after a chase. this all happening nearly five years after the deadlie
collapsed last year. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and sears has a lot of disappointed shoppers today. online shoppers jumped on a deal for apple ipad 2s advertised for just $69. bear in mind they normally sell for more than $700. they said it s a third-party mistake and not honoring the incorrect price. people love their cars, traffic jams are part of the daily life, but this weekend, the closure of a big chunk of the 405 freeway is causing added worry. it is shut down for a construction project. and residents are so worried they re calling this carmageddon, but so far, we re not seeing it. no gridlock. let s bring in cnn s kareen wynter who is above the 405 there. and we know ten miles of the 405 is closed, so no traffic there. what about everywhere else? reporter: everywhere else from our viewpoint all looks good. now a short time ago, we checked out some of the alternate routes officials were encouraging the public to t